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The social consequences of facial disfigurement
- Author:
- HUGHES Michael J
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 328p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Research study aiming to: describe the nature of facial disfigurement, and the characteristics of those who are disfigured; to describe the causes of disfigurement and deformity; to investigate the social consequences of facial disfigurement; to understand the means which people adopt to overcome the difficulties posed by disfigurement; to describe the physical, social and psychological consequences of professional intervention; and to discover what further can be done by professionals to mitigate the effects of disfigurement and deformity.
Intergenerational support in families with disabilities: grandparents' perspectives
- Authors:
- SCHILMOELLER Gary L, BARANOWSKI Marc D.
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 79(5), September 1998, pp.465-476.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
Reports on an American study which examines grandparent adjustment to grandchildren with disabilities and grandparent support and involvement with these grandchildren. The results showed that grandparents were experiencing fewer negative feeling and more positive feeling at the time of the study than at the time they had first learned of the disability. Sons and daughters were more helpful than support groups in addressing grandparent concerns. Grandparent support was significantly related to affectionate solidarity with both grandchildren and their parents. Implications for practitioners regarding facilitating grandparent adjustment and enhancing their support and involvement are discussed.
In whose service? Technology, care and disabled people: the case for a disability politics perspectives
- Authors:
- JOHNSON Liz, MOXON Eileen
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 13(2), April 1998, pp.241-258.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Discusses the introduction of telematics technologies, which are advancing rapidly in Britain and throughout the world, and which impact increasingly on the lives of disabled people. Argues that technology based services have been largely determined by the interests of care service professionals, technologists and the commercial sector. Missing from the debate has been the perspective of the disability movement, which challenges professional hegemony, and introduces important issues such as choice, control and access to the wider environment.
Changing perceptions
- Author:
- BENN Melissa
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.9.98, 1998, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes how the 1990s have seen the emergence of a coalition of disabled groups who, by expressing their experiences and anger, have changed attitudes towards them.
Sheltered and supported employment in the 1990s: the experiences of disabled workers in the UK
- Author:
- HYDE Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 13(2), April 1998, pp.199-215.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Discusses how sheltered and supported employment are important areas of social policy provision for disabled people in the UK, but they have received little attention in the sociological literature on disability. This omission is addressed by developing a framework for understanding the state's employment policy for disabled people. It is argued that recent changes in sheltered and supported employment provision must be understood in the context of broader labour market restructuring. Concludes that an adequate approach to the employment needs of disabled people needs to go beyond micro-policy debates on the relative merits of existing employment programmes and, instead, engage at a broader level of societal change.